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Photosynthesis is the process that stores energy. Cellular respiration is the process that releases the energy that was stored during photosythesis.

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What is the opposite reaction of photosynthesis called?

The opposite reaction of photosynthesis is called cellular respiration. This process involves breaking down glucose to release energy in the form of ATP, with the byproducts being carbon dioxide and water.


State the significance of photosynthesis and cellular respiration to all life?

Photosynthesis is the main process on Earth that traps energy in food molecules. Cellular respiration breaks the bonds in the food molecules to put energy into a form that the cells can use directly. Three differences: 1. Photosynthesis requires water and carbon dioxide; respiration requires glucose and oxygen. 2. Photosynthesis produces oxygen and glucose; respiration produces carbon dioxide and water. 3. Photosynthesis builds glucose to store energy; respiration breaks glucose to release energy. 4. Photosynthesis happens in the chloroplasts; respiration happens in the mitochondria. 5. Only autotrophs carry on photosynthesis; all living things carry on respiration.


Is photosynthesis and cellular respiration related?

Yes, the two are opposites of each other. Photosynthesis builds up complex sugars that have a lot of stored energy while cellular respiration breaks down these sugars, release the energy and store it in the form of ATP. The products and wastes of one process end up as the reactants for the other process.


Why is photosynthesis important for respiration?

Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are the processes by which plant and animal cells produce energy, allowing them to function and stay alive.


Why does glucose yield up to 38 ATP in cellular respiration but only takes 18 ATP and 6 nadph to synthesize during photosynthesis?

ATP and ADP are energy molecules (adenosine triphosphate and adenosine diphosphate, respectively). In ATP there are 3 phosphate groups, hence triphosphate. When you break off one of those phosphates you release energy, and it becomes adenosine diphosphate. Adding one will store energy in it. Therefore ATP and ADP provide energy to help start processes in cell respiration by providing energy. Same with photosynthesis. ATP releases a phosphate group in order to help carry out some of the parts of photosynthesis.

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How do processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration relate to each other?

Photosynthesis make glucose molecules and store energy. Respiration break up and release energy


What is the opposite reaction of photosynthesis called?

The opposite reaction of photosynthesis is called cellular respiration. This process involves breaking down glucose to release energy in the form of ATP, with the byproducts being carbon dioxide and water.


State the significance of photosynthesis and cellular respiration to all life?

Photosynthesis is the main process on Earth that traps energy in food molecules. Cellular respiration breaks the bonds in the food molecules to put energy into a form that the cells can use directly. Three differences: 1. Photosynthesis requires water and carbon dioxide; respiration requires glucose and oxygen. 2. Photosynthesis produces oxygen and glucose; respiration produces carbon dioxide and water. 3. Photosynthesis builds glucose to store energy; respiration breaks glucose to release energy. 4. Photosynthesis happens in the chloroplasts; respiration happens in the mitochondria. 5. Only autotrophs carry on photosynthesis; all living things carry on respiration.


Is the energy involved in photosynthesis and cellular respiration recycled?

Solar energy is transformed into other types of energy once it is in the biological cycle. The only way it may be released is as heat energy into space. Sunlight powers photosynthesis, and the ultimate function of this stored chemical energy is as mechanical energy and waste heat.The energy that plants store may be used in cellular respiration, but never goes back to the plant. The physical materials are mostly recycled (water, carbon dioxide, and trace nutrients) because cellular respiration undoes the chemical changes of photosynthesis.


What store's energy that is released in respiration come from?

Respiration releases energy for use in life processes. There are two types of respiration, aerobic (uses oxygen) and anaerobic (does not use oxygen). Respiration can produce useful products that have uses in a range of industries.


Why is a low rate of respiration an adaptation to low light intensities?

In order to store energy, the plants need to photosynthesise at a greater rate than they perform respiration. In low light intensities, less photosynthesis can occur, as there is less light energy available for the light-dependent stage. Therefore, if less respiration is occurring, this allows for the lower rate of photosynthesis, thus allowing the plant to still store energy.


How does photosynthesis and cellular respiration store energy to produce ATP?

Photosynthesis uses light water and carbon dioxide to produce glucose. The glucose produced is then used, with oxygen, in cellular respiration to produce ATP. Chemical Equations Photosynthesis 6CO2+6H2O ------> C6H12O6+6O2 Cellular Respiration C6H12O6+6O2 ------> 6CO2+6H2O+38 ATP NOTE *Plants use photosynthesis and cellular respiration. *Animals just use the glucose they obtain from food to perform cellular respiration. *This is the formula for aerobic cellular respiration not anaerobic which doesn't use oxygen and produces lactic acid in humans.


Does Atp store the energy released by respiration?

Yes, respiration is a exothermic reaction and just like the suns heat energy atmosphere also store the energy released by respiration.


What three examples of stored energy come from photosynthesis?

Three examples of stored energy from photosynthesis are glucose, starch, and cellulose. These molecules store energy in the form of chemical bonds, which can be broken down through cellular respiration to release energy for various metabolic processes.


Is photosynthesis and cellular respiration related?

Yes, the two are opposites of each other. Photosynthesis builds up complex sugars that have a lot of stored energy while cellular respiration breaks down these sugars, release the energy and store it in the form of ATP. The products and wastes of one process end up as the reactants for the other process.


How do the process s of photosynthesis and cellular respiration relate to one another?

Energy produced in photosynthesis is put into usable form through cellular respiration. They are both ways cells gain energy. In photosynthesis, cells use solar energy to produce glucose and oxygen from carbon dioxide and water. In cellular respiration, cells make ATP (which is used as energy by the cells) and consume oxygen during the conversion of glucose to carbon dioxide and water.


Why is the process that takes place in a mitochandrian often described as being the opposite of the process that takes place in a chloroplast?

I'm not sure if it's accurate to say that the process that takes place in the mitochondria is in fact the opposite of what takes place in the chloroplast. Rather, I would say that the biochemical process of cellular respiration (which partially takes place in the mitochondria) is the opposite of the biochemical process of photosynthesis (which does take place in the chloroplast). In cellular respiration, oxygen is used to breakdown carbohydrates for energy and carbon dioxide is released as a byproduct. In photosynthesis the energy of sunlight is absorbed by the synthesis of carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and oxygen is released as a byproduct. Thus cellular respiration and photosynthesis can be described as opposite processes. However, the process of cellular respiration does not occur exclusively in the mitochondria but occurs in part in the cytoplasm, so I think it's more accurate to say that cellular respiration is the opposite of photosynthesis than mitochondria have the opposite function of chloroplasts.